Search Result for "savings bank":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a thrift institution in the northeastern United States; since deregulation in the 1980s they offer services competitive with many commercial banks;

2. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home;
- Example: "the coin bank was empty"
[syn: savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Saving \Sav"ing\, n. 1. Something kept from being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy. [1913 Webster] 2. Exception; reservation. [1913 Webster] Contend not with those that are too strong for us, but still with a saving to honesty. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] Savings bank, a bank in which savings or earnings are deposited and put at interest. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

savings bank n 1: a thrift institution in the northeastern United States; since deregulation in the 1980s they offer services competitive with many commercial banks 2: a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty" [syn: savings bank, coin bank, money box, bank]